Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-10-13

preston now exists as respects our labor.
our industries, and our business. because
OF excessive taxation aud because OF a
withdrawal by taxation OF large sums OF
money not needed. Is directly chargeabo
TO the failures, the indsposition and in
competency OF the Democratic party In
control In the House of Representatives,
and IN the administration OF our govern
ment TO deal with this question,
Mr. Allison then went into the question
OF the power that controls the Democratic
party In the House OF Representatives.
showed that during the last Congress six.
teen Southern States had thirty.four
chairmanships. anu that all the cthor
states had but twenty.one That OF the
leading committees the South had nno.
teen and all the rest Of the country three.
That In the present Congress In nine
Southern States there Ia not single
Republican member Tha, In seven OF
the remaining States OF the South there
are only sixteen Republican members OF
which Virginia. by q sudden revolution,
elected six, That there are IN the present
House from the South i04 Democrats, aud
from all the other States Ga, giving tho
South u majority Of 40 In the Democratic
caucus. That Ia all the other States tho
Republicans have 1855 members. That Ia
the South me Republicans have only six.
teen, so that with u total membership OF
10 In the South the Democrats have i0d.
anu total membership In all other States
OF 0f, The South by its i04 Democratic
votes, will control a majority OF Demo.
cratic caucus, and through that causus
will choose the speaker, aud through him
elect all the committees of the House. and
thus throw the legislation OF the country.
az respects public policies and public in.
terests, into the hands Of the South,
although they have only a little over one.
third If the total number OF representa-
tiyes. l need only Illustrate how these
representatives In the Soaih ore selected by
calling your attention to the fact that tho
total vote In Iowa In 1885 for members OF
Congress was 335 oil, an average OF 30, 800
for each member elected, whilst In tho
State OF Georgia representative South
ern State. having ten members OF tho
House ~ against eleven for Iowa. the
total vote cast In that State was "a, 430,
or less than were cast In any one district
In Iowa and an average OF 2,1i5 votes TO
each member elected Now. can Il DO
that there 10 q free and full discussion OF
public questions In u State with an ayor.
age vote Of 2,7d5 to each momborp II IL
worth while for US In this connection to
note tho relative Importance OF these six.
teen States as compared with the rest OF
the Union, according TO the census OF
1880. Total valuation In the United
States was In round numbers, $43, 800.
900, 000 In these sixteen States ~, $780,.
00O,0O0 leaving to all tho rest OF tho
Union $780, 600, 000, 900, so that these States
have less than ono.lifth Of the property Of
the United States Now. turning for a
moment to our industries, we find that
the whole product 81 manufactures I'm
der the census OF 1880 was 81. BOD 900 900.
and the product OF these sixteen States
s022, 600 600, leaving I,3l70O0, 900 OF
manufactured products for tho remaining
States OF the Union, or moro than seven
eighths OF the whole So, II You turn TO
wages paid to laboress In producing these
products. you will find OF the total S94S,-
900, 900 only ono hundred million flvo
hundred thousand dollars were paid by
these sixteen States, or less thnn one
ninth OF the whole amount OF wages raid
to persons engaged In manufactures
And OF this one hundred million five hun
bred thousand dollars Maryland, Ken.
lucky and Missouri paid fifty threo mil.
lion dollars, leaving only furty'seycn
million five hundred thousand dollars for
the remaining thirteen Southern States.
Now, II we look nj the population Ia hlcs.
we find that out OF the total population
of Atty millions, the South has but
eighteen million five hundred thousand
rs agains. .hiTty-o one million five hundred
thousand In oil the other States, and OF
these eighteen million five hundred thou
sand. one third, or six million five hum
dred thousand arc colored, and are In
minority In numbers. and exert no In
flucnce In the selection OF Representatives
The reason why will not now discuss.
|. will BIO seen that twelve millions or
white population In the South dominate
and control thlrty-one millions OF white
population In all the other States ~ the
Union. With this relative population,
and valuation. and manufactured pro.
duct, and payment OF wages TO laborers
engaged In manufacturing industries, is
II strange that this section OF our country
dominating and controlling the tariff
policy OF the country. should feel indif.
fcrent to our great industries especially
when wa know thnt for the last fifty
years this section OF our country has been
steadily and constantly taught by their
public men and political leaders that Its
interests lie In the direction OF free trade.
Tho revolution In Virginia last year
whereby six Republican members were
elected and with the rapid development
OF the natural resources Of the Southern
States, there Is certain 10 come. In the
near future, an abandonment Of these old
Democratic theories and doctrines and
the establishment there OF sorIndor views
OF the true policy Of the country as re.
spects protection of American labor and
Industry, and which before many years.
will result in q division OF what Is called
the solid South" and the establishment
there Of Republican party upon an en-.
during basis
Atr discussing the public land
policy and other National topics, Mr..
Allison, in conclusion and In sum
ming up, said: You naturally. after
this review, ask what has the Demo.
cratic party accomplished In powers II
elected President who. before election.
and after election, and before Inaugural
ton. and repeatedly since In messages
aud public utterances, protested the great
est solicitude for pure and non.partlsan
civil service. But In his conduct. he has
wholly failed to provide such service
and has prostitutcd the service wholly to
party purposes and uses; first itealthily
but recently without disguise. ~ witness
its prostitution in Maryland. Pennsylvania
and New York, controlling ca lcuses and
conventions, notably in New York, where
the chairman Of the examining board In
New York City actively sought to control
delegations to the State Convention, and
now the establishment Of political associa-
tions Of clerks and employees in the dc.
partment to control caucuses and
elections, in violation Of the letter and
spirit of the civil service law. without
protest from the heads OF departments or
the executive so far as is known. In It's
| foreign policy II has been irresolute and
weak. In It's financial policy It has
urged the destruction Of greenbacks,
and the repeal of the silver coinage acts.
so that by force Of those two measures
there would be destruction OF our p' pr
circulation. and the establishment OF thu
single standard Of gold. Promising 70 re-
duce the surplus 1t has increased that sur
plus to the extent of s74, coo. 600, withdraw.
ing large sums from production, labor and
business. Promising to reduce taxes. II
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